THE SUPREME COURT PROVES THAT IT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED:  SCOTUS Punts Pennsylvania Election Case.

THE DEMOCRATS PLEAD FOR CIVIL WAR:  Democrats Shred Free Speech.

I REMEMBER. I KNEW IT WAS A LIE THEN:  Remember back when Merrick Garland was described as being a moderate?

SHE’S RIGHT YOU KNOW:  Remove that blindfold: a metaphor for “equity”.

THAT THIS SHOULD EVER HAVE BEEN ON THE TABLE IS INSANE:  San Fran school board abandons plan to blacklist Lincoln & Washington.

THE LEFT WANTS TO CONTROL US ALL:  Today’s blacklisted American: Pro-life news organization blacklisted by Google’s YouTube.

THEY’VE BEEN HERE EVERY TIME THE LEFT CAN ENFORCE IT:  The Government Censors Are Here.

FROM MACKEY CHANDLER (Whose most recent book is up for a Prometheus Award):  Family Law.

People love easily. Look at most of your relatives or coworkers. How lovable are they? Really? Yet most have mates and children. The vast majority are still invited to family gatherings and their relatives will speak to them.

Many have pets to which they are devoted. Some even call them their fur-babies. Is your dog or cat or parakeet property or family? Not in law but in your heart? Can a pet really love you back? Or is it a different affection? Are you not kind to those who feed and shelter you? But what if your dog could talk back? Would your cat speak to you kindly?

How much more complicated might it be if we meet really intelligent species not human? How would we treat these ‘people’ in feathers or fur? Perhaps a more difficult question is: How would they treat us? Are we that lovable?

When society and the law decide these sort of questions must be answered it is usually because someone disapproves of your choices. Today it may be a cat named in a will or a contest for custody of a dog. People are usually happy living the way they want until conflict is forced upon them.

What if the furry fellow in question has his own law? And is quite articulate in explaining his choices. Can a Human adopt such an alien? Can such an intelligent alien adopt a human? Should they?

Of course if the furry alien in question is smart enough to fly spaceships, and happens to be similar in size and disposition to a mature Grizzly bear, wisdom calls for a certain delicacy in telling him no…

The “April” series of books works from an earlier time toward merging with the “Family Law” series.

I THINK IT’S MORE THEY’VE SEEN THEIR OWN PEOPLE REVOLT:  Le World Turned Upside Down.

WHY, OF COURSE THEY ARE:  Dissidents Beware, FBI Continues Searching for January 6th DC Protestors – Federal Charges Include ‘Assault on Media’.

YEP:  Today’s blacklisted American: Amazon blacklists book for criticizing transgender movement.

WE KNOW: The COVID epidemic really IS ending.

WELL, TURN ABOUT IS FAIRPLAY:  Kelly Loeffler starts GA voter group to rival Stacey Abrams: report.

But until our fraud machine rivals theirs, or we have some way to stop theirs, it won’t make much difference.

WELL, I’M NOT SURE. A LOT OF US COULD PAINT THAT RIGHT NOW:  Edvard Munch wrote hidden ‘madman’ message on ‘The Scream’.

IT MIGHT MEAN SOMETHING THIS HAD OCCURRED TO ME:  Helter Skelter Redux?

Of course, what they’re actually doing is creating white supremacy out of whole cloth.

WE KNOW:  Teacher’s Unions Admit Keeping Schools Closed All About Politics.

TO BELIEVE ALL CULTURES ARE EQUALLY WHOLESOME: You only have to believe there are no other cultures.  A badger among kittens.

EVERY SUNDAY I DO A BLOG POST PROMOTING INDIE WRITERS:  Book Promo And Vignettes.

BOTH BOUTS OF DEVASTATION WERE CREATED BY THE GOVERNMENT:   This Diary from the Great Depression Is Like Reading a Modern-Day Newsfeed.

OH DEAR LORD:  Here’s why racism is rampant on dating apps.

I thought politics were supposed to stay off people’s bedrooms?

THIS CAN’T GO ON:  Latest scientific trend: Woke Quantum Physics.

This is good, because frankly, I’m already nauseated.

SURE: Economists Warn We Can’t Keep Ignoring the National Debt Forever.

Fortunately the arcane art of mathematics is white patriarchal oppression, and as the wise Latina of the Occasional Cortex has told us, we can just print more money.

EVEN IN VENEZUELA, IT CAN’T LAST:  Bloomberg: Venezuela Turns to Privatization After Being Bankrupted by Socialism.

Behold! My shocked face!

IF YOU HAVE KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, BEWARE THEY’RE BEING INDOCTRINATED:  White People Aren’t Human.

And the indoctrination is evil and racist.

AND WHAT A SURPRISE IT’S BEEN:  The Computer Age Turns 75.

I was just (re)reading Tunnel In The Sky (or as you kids should know, the much better original for Hunger Games) last week, and I was once more stunned at how far the predictions fell off reality.

Sure, in space too, and we could argue forever about whose fault it is. Sometimes I think the FEFers (Fix Earth Firsters) morons are paid by aliens who want to keep us off space. But falling short of dreams is not surprising. In computers, however? we outstripped those dreams and left them in the dust.